In December 2021, industrial production decreased by 7.9% in unadjusted data compared to November 2021 and was up 1.2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days. Manufacturing dropped 12.3%, while rises were reported for the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (+14.9%) and mining and quarrying (+1.5%). Industrial production (when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days) rose by 1.2% compared to November 2021 due to the rises reported for the three industrial sectors: the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (+1.6%), mining and quarrying (+1.1%) and manufacturing (+1.0%).
Compared to December 2020, industrial production rose by 2.0% in unadjusted data due to rises in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (+8.1%) and manufacturing (+1.1%). Mining and quarrying dropped 3.6%. Mining and quarrying dropped 3.6%. Industrial production (when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days) was down 1.1% due to the drops reported for mining and quarrying (-4.0%) and manufacturing (-1.9%). The electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply rose by 8.9%
In 2021 compared to 2020, industrial production increased by 7.1% in unadjusted data due to rises in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (+11.3%) and manufacturing (+7.0%). Mining and quarrying fell by 2.3%.